Provisional ban for FIFA ExCo member Manilal in ethics probe

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FIFA has handed a 90-day ban to one of its leading executive committee members, Vernon Fernando Manilal.

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FIFA executive committee member banned for alleged breach of its ethics code

Sri Lanka's Vernon Manilal Fernando handed initial 90-day suspension

His fate will be decided by FIFA's ethics committee later this year

FIFA has vowed to step up the fight against corruption after several high profile cases

A high profile member of FIFA's executive committee, has been provisionally banned from "football related activity" for 90 days, the world governing body said Monday.

Sri Lankan Vernon Fernando Manilal has been suspended at the request of the Michael Garcia and Hans-Joachim Eckert, who chair the investigatory and adjudicatory bodies of FIFA's Ethics Committee.

No details of his alleged trangression were released, but FIFA said the decision was based on an article in its Code of Ethics, "in order to prevent the interference with the establishment of the truth with respect to proceedings now in the adjudicatory chamber."

The 63-year-old Manilal, who is a lawyer and businessman by profession, has represented the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on the influential executive committee since 2011.

Manilal's eventual fate now rests with the Eckert's adjudicatory body, but he will be barred from attending the next executive meeting in Zurich later this month when further anti-corruption measures are expected to be announced.